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Improvement in Sec tional Boats.

No. 130,240, Patented Aug. 6,1872.

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WILLIAM H. PHILIP, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN SECTIONAL BOATS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 139,240, dated August6, 1872.

- fastened by bolts applied so as to be taken out when the boat is to beshortened up. The object is to provide boats for sportsmen, travelers,army purposes, and the like, that can be readily shortened up into acompact package for economizing space in storage or transportation.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of a sectional boatconstructedaccording to my invention, and. Fig. 2 is a plan view of thesame.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents the middle section, which is widest at the center andtapers toward each end. B represents the forward sections, and G the aftsections. These sections are to be made of metal, and shaped with greatcare, the ends of each two that are to form a joint being on the samecurved lines so as to match exactly. The said sections are also tocomp'rise the complete portion or whole of the hull or shell of the boatwithin their length except the parts whichlap.

To prevent the outer parts of the sections from spreading by the innerparts wedging them outward, cross-beams E of any suitable kind will beemployed.

For very small boats I may have the largest section at the bow, and onlyhave the shell extend or shorten up one way; but in this respect theboat may be arranged as preferred.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- Boats made in sections, arranged for shortening upthe hull by sliding in one another telescopically, and fitted to formwater-tight joints when extended, substantially as specified.

WILLIAM H. PHILIP.

Witnesses T. B. MOSHER,. I W. A. GRAHAM.

